Sam Badger
Head Of Cloud Engineering at FrequenSol
Lafayette, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Badger is Head of Cloud Engineering with a decade of hands-on experience building embedded and cloud software across aerospace, defense, and startups. He codes fluently in Python, Java, and C/C++, and has shipped embedded satellite payload software, lab automation packages, CI/CD pipelines, and full‑stack tools that bridge firmware and cloud environments. Known for leading cross-disciplinary teams, he’s delivered production systems at Viasat and now drives cloud engineering at FrequenSol while maintaining a tinkerer’s appetite for side projects like algorithmic trading and GUI automation. His background includes developing space-grade cryptography test systems and automating complex lab equipment, combining rigorous hardware debugging with scalable software practices. Educated at the University of Arizona with study abroad in Singapore, he brings both academic depth and practical engineering instincts. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who prefers building useful tools that make humans’ lives easier.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaStudy Abroad, Computer Science, Study Abroad, Computer Science at National University of Singapore
English
Github Skills (42)
coinbase9
controlling9
coinbase-api9
python-client9
wrapper9
gdax-api9
websocket-client8
exchange8
trading8
api-client7
bitcoin7
ethereum7
api7
cryptocurrency6
orderbook6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
smalbadger/XenoTrade
Aug 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:48 commits, 16 pushes, 8 branches in 4 months
smalbadger/pymessagelib
Oct 2020 - Mar 2022
A simple Python library for constructing/dissecting messages
Contributions:56 PRs, 183 pushes, 54 branches in 1 year 4 months
python-librarypythonpython3cpythonpythonic
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